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Montreal (34-26-6-2) at Phoenix (20-26-15-5)

Kovalev expected debut in Habs uniform! He did not play in Montreal’s 4-3 loss
against San Jose Wednesday night and he’s expected to join Saku Koivu and Richard
Zednik on the top line. One area where Kovalev doesn’t figure to help is PK,
and that’s where the Habs lost in San Jose.

"At this stage of the season, we have to be better than that," Montreal
coach Claude Julien said. "Some of the penalties we took weren’t very good,
but your special teams have to come up big at times. We need some better effort,
more pride in doing the job properly."

I don’t know if Jim Dowd will make his debut tonight due to an injury (he haven’t
play his last 10 games with the Wild) but he’s the kind of player that will
improve the PK unit and perhaps to replace Joe Juneau on the defensive line.

The Coyotes is 13th in the Western Conference and they’ve dropped recently
Bob Francis for Rick Bowness and he’s looking forward to his first victory as
a head coach since 1998.

Phoenix has just won two of its last 18 games (2-11-2-3).

Projected Montreal Lineup

LW
C
RW
Zednik (1-3-4,
+1)
Koivu
(0-3-3, 0)
Kovalev
(0-1-1, -4)
Perreault (2-1-3, +1)
Ribeiro
(2-1-3, +3)
Ryder
(3-3-6, +3)
Begin (1-0-1,
+1)
Juneau
(1-0-1, +1) or Dowd (1-2-3, +1)
Dackell
(0-1-1, +1)
Langdon (0-0-0,
-1)
Kilger
(0-0-0, -1)
Ward
(1-0-1, -1)

(G-A-PTS, +/-) – Last Five Games

MATCHUP EDGE

Montreal
Edge
in:

Phoenix
X
Offense
X
Defense
X
Power
Play
Penalty
Kill
X
X
Intangibles
X
Overall
Recent Meetings
Date Home Away
12/7/2002
Pho.2
MTL 4
12/8/2001
MTL 3
Pho. 3
3/10/2001
Pho. 3
MTL 3
1/13/2001
MTL 5
Pho. 2
2/22/2000
MTL 1
Pho. 0
12/14/1998
MTL 2
Pho. 2
12/9/1998
Pho. 4
MTL 2
11/13/1997
Pho. 2
MTL 5
11/5/1997
MTL 4
Pho. 2
11/3/1996
Pho. 4
MTL 4

Current Team Standing

Team
G
W
L
T
OTL
Pts
Standing
GF
 GA
Home/Road
Montreal
68
34
26
6
2
76
4th,
NE
171
155
15-15-2-2
R
Phoenix
66
20
26
15
5
60
5th,
PA
165
200
10-14-5-3
H

OVERALL

Montreal Phoenix
Shots Goals % Shots Goals %
Period For Aga For Aga For Aga For Aga For Aga For Aga
1st
9.0
8.4
0.72
0.56
8.0
0.933
7.9
10.2
0.71
0.92
9.0
0.909
2nd
9.4
10.1
0.85
0.85
9.1
0.916
9.3
9.6
0.85
1.14
9.1
0.882
3rd
9.0
9.1
0.87
0.84
9.6
0.908
8.4
9.9
0.89
0.88
10.6
0.911
OT
0.4
0.4
0.07
0.03
19.2
0.926
0.7
0.9
0.05
0.09
7.0
0.897
Total
27.8
28.0
2.51
2.28
9.1
0.919
26.3
30.5
2.50
3.03
9.5
0.901
Special
Team
Montreal Phoenix
PP PK PP PK
Goals
49.0
48.0
45.0
58.0
Attempts
275.0
255.0
292.0
326.0
%
17.8
81.2
15.4
82.2
Montreal Goaltenders

Name Shots Saves GAA % W/L
J.Theodore 1572 1451 2.15 0.923 27-24-5
M.Garon 329 299 2.44 0.909 7-4-1

Phoenix Goaltenders

Name Shots Saves GAA % W/L
B.
Boucher 		903 819 2.69 0.907 9-14-8
Z.
Bierk		 108 96 3.79 0.889 0-1-2
J.
Pelletier		 84 72 4.11 0.857 1-1-0

Top Leaders Matchup

Player
Montreal
Phoenix
Goals (FW)
Zednik
(20)
Nagy
(24)
Assists (FW)
Ribeiro
(37)
Doan/Langkow
(28)
Points (FW)
Ribeiro
(55)
Doan
(62)
Plus/Minus
(FW)
Ribeiro
(+14)
Nagy
(+11)
Goals (D)
Souray
(15)
Suchy
(7)
Assists (D)
Brisebois
(21)
Mara
(28)
Points (D)
Souray
(35)
Mara
(33)
Plus/Minus
(D)
Brisebois
(+13)
Hulse
(+5)

Injuries

Montreal Injuries

Player
Pos
Injury
Status
Niklas
Sundstrom
LW
Concussion
Maybe
March 11
Jim
Dowd
C
Knee
?
Friday
Jan
Bulis
C
Leg
Late
March
Sheldon
Souray
D
Knee
Late
March

Phoenix Injuries

Player
Pos
Injury
Status
Michael
Rupp		 C/LW
Trade
?
Friday
Brent
Johnson		 G
Trade
?
Friday
Ladislav
Nagy		 F
Wrist
Out
for Season
Ivan
Novoseltsev		 C
Concussion
I-R
David
Tanabe		 D
Knee
Mid
May
Mike
Johnson		 RW
Shoulder
Out
Indefinitely
Bryan
Helmer		 D
Shoulder
I-R
Zac
Bierk		 G
Hip
Out
Indefinitely

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